lay out / site

(TNT plunger) + (direction / method / person) + (director)
★☆☆☆☆
15 strokes
JERK

Onyomi

SHIKI

SHE'S KEEN on haunted houses!

Mnemonic

The director is at the construction site, saying, "Lay out the TNT in that direction!"

Kunyomi

し*く to spread out (a tarpaulin), to lay out (railroad tracks)
★☆☆☆☆

Jukugo

敷金(しききん)

deposit money ★★☆☆☆
(lay out / site) + (gold) = 敷金 (deposit money)

security deposit (on your Haunted House (which you don't get back if you damage the ghosts in any way))

オバケ屋敷(おばけやしき)

Haunted House! ★☆☆☆☆
() + (store) + (lay out / site) = オバケ屋敷 (Haunted House!)

Lookalikes

Meaning Hint Radical
lay out / site TNT
respect FLOWER

Blow up the site with TNT, but I give you a FLOWER to show that I respect you.